Stud member of glove or garment fasteners.



No. 738,708.` PATBNTED SEPT. 8, 1903.

' J. V. WASHBURNE.

STUD'MEMBER OP GLOVE 0R GARMENT FASTENERS.

APPLIOATIONI'ILED NOV. 12', 1902.

No MODEL.

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STUD MEMBER-0F GLOVE 0R ',GARMENT FAsTENERs.

. SPECIFICATION forming para gf Letters Patent No. 738,708, dated september s, 190e..

Application filed November 12, 1902. Serial No. 130,947. (No model.)

` To all whom it may concern:

Be itlknown that I, J AMES V. WASHBUENE,

` a citizen o f theUnited States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have, `invented an Improvement in Stud Members of Glove or Garf ment Fasteners, of which the following is a relates particularly to eoaeting parts of the stud member of the fastener, and the object thereof is to economiz'emetal and reduce the y area or thickness of the structure.

My-invention consists in the combination,

`With the post and .collet of the stud member,

of a spring-head and eyelet, each having peripheral interlocking parts in the same plane, both of which parts are simultaneously engaged and firmly held `by the collet. The post `passes through `the flexible material and i base or flange of liberal area, the same being through the eyelet, andthe closedend of the post is advantageously spreadnor upset, so as hold the parts securely to the flexible material.

In the drawings, Figures l and Il are vertical sections representing forms of my invention. Fig. 2 is 'a plan of theparts in Fig. l,

partially broken open, so as to clearly show y the structure. 4 Fig. 3 isa plan of the eyelet shown in Figs. 1 and 2separate. Fig. 5 is a plan of the form shown in Fig. 4, with part broken open, so as to clearly show the structure; and Fig. 6 is a plan ofthe eyelet, alone shown in Figs. 4: and 5.

The spring-head a is stamped out of a piece of sheet metal and cupped up to shape, and the radial portions .thereof are preferably provided With" segment-feet having radial opposite edges. -The eyelet b is made with a provided with peripheralnotehes, leaving radial proj eetionsb, These notches are adapted to receive the segment-feet. a of the springn segment-feet of the spring-head and the ra dial projections of the .eyelet flange match and occupy the saine plane, interlockingwith one another, -so that there is only one thickness of metal in the plane of the interlocking parts.

The collet c has a central aperture larger than the post Land the outer portion or edge of the Collet ein its normal conditionis turned up as a flange and occupies a position at right angles to the main fiat portion of the collet and the same receives the springhead and eyelet, and this upturned edge or flange of the collet is overturned upon the segmentfeet'of the spring-head and the projections of the eyelet, so as to grip said parts to connect them and to form of the spring-head, the eyelet, andthe collet a connected structure.

Thepost d passes through theffiexible material e, and the flange ofthe post rests against one surface of said flexible material. The connected structure hereinbefore described comes against the opposite surface of said flexible material and the post passes through the eyelet. In connecting the post to this structure the closed end of the post is slightly spread in any desired manner and by any suitable instrumentality, so that the same is upset as a rivet Within the spring-head and against the open upper end of the eyelet, as

shown lin Figs. l and 4:, in Which position the various parts are held firmly and securely to the flexible material.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 the feet of the spring-head are made in an elliptical form, and the metal at the ends of the radial portions of the head connecting the same With the feet portions 2 are given a sharp or right-angle bend, and in the flange portion of the eyelet are made elliptical perforations 3, slightly larger than and adapted to receive the elliptical feetportions of the spring-head, and the flangekedge of' the collet e in this form, as in the form hereinbefore described, is overturned down upon the flange of the eyelet and the feet of the spring-head, so as to hold the same together andto the collet and form of the spring-head, the eyelet, and the Collet a Connected structure, in which said feet and flange are in the same plane.

of the overturned flange of the collet, so as to shoWclearly the construction of the springhead and theeyelet. f

From the foregoing description and the drawings it Will be apparent that in this invention there is at the overturned ange of the collet only a single intervening thickness of metal. Therefore the stud member of the glove and garment fastener is more compact in form and the meeting-surfaces of the garment not only appear to come closer together, but actually do come closer together,.

so that there is less appearance of a gap between the parts that are connected, because of a reduced thickness of metal.

I claim as my inventionl. In a glove and garment fastener, the combination With a pos-t and collet,oi: a springhead and eyelet having interlocking peripheral parts engaged by the collet so that there is only one thickness of metal in the plane of the interlocking parts engaged by the overturned flange of the collet.

2. In 'a glove and -garment fastener, the combination with a post and collet,of a springhead having `segment-feet at the ends of its radial portions and an eyelet having a iiange With notched portions receiving said feet, the one part interlocking With the other and received in and held by the overturned edge of the collet, said parts being in the same plane with only one thickness of metal in the grasp of the collet.

3. In a glove and garment fastener, the combination Witha post passing through the flexible material with a Viiange upon one side, l

ing and occupying the same plane as one thickness of metal received in the collet and connected thereto by overturning the edge of the collet so that Within the grasp of the collet there is only one thickness .of metal.`

Signed by me this 5th day of November, 1902.

JAS. V. WASHBURNE.

Vitn esses GEO. T. 'PINCKNEXQQ Y S. T. l'lAvILAND. 

